I started my undergraduate work at age 42 (proving it's never too late), receiving a Hons. BA in 2001, and a Master's in 2003, both from Trent University, before moving on to PhD work at York University in Toronto, and a second PhD back at Trent in 2010. I tutor in Political Science, Sociology, Social Science, Philosophy and History. The most important element in teaching, I find, is to bring enthusiasm to the work, and to subjects, connecting with students on an individual level, as a means to draw out their own interests in the course work. I attempt to design tutorials that balance content with teaching students the tools and critical skills they require to succeed in university level courses, and to move from a memorization or rote learning to a more complex multi-structural and relational understanding of course material and texts.